Flushing fuel storage tank

[Wis Bang]

Drain it and check it for scale/rust, flush that out w/ some diesel. Fuel transports are 'bottom' loaded w/ 4" lines. Gasoline is loaded around 1500 GPM 'cept when loading over #2 oil where they require you to 'slow load' for static safety at around 700 GPM.

While we loaded gas over diesel all the time when we picked up Av gas we had to have gasoline as the last product. I'm going back to the mid 70's when there was still leaded gas. We hauled leaded regular/ethyl & un-leaded in the same loads and the receiving stations used to open the top and make sure they got all the product so there wasn't any cross contamination between leaded and decaf.

I did spend one night driving a 20' 'thief' to a driver and helping him pump out the no-lead after he dropped 500 gals of leaded into it. Thankfully he had a tractor w/ a pump

 

[The Dougster]

I do appreciate everyone's input... as stated, I haven't bought the tank yet but probably will dependent on inspection, I haven't talked to the supplier yet as to his minimum delivery but will do that before making the deal final... If it is truly a 500-gallon tank, I will have two options... #1, buy the minimum and deal with it... #2, find a buyer for the tank and hopefully make a profit and then buy a smaller tank... either way I can live with it... Those 5-gallon containers seem to weigh a lot more than they did 20-30 years ago... lol

 

[LBrown59]

I do appreciate everyone's input... as stated, I haven't bought the tank yet but probably will dependent on inspection, I haven't talked to the supplier yet as to his minimum delivery but will do that before making the deal final... If it is truly a 500-gallon tank, I will have two options... #1, buy the minimum and deal with it... #2, find a buyer for the tank and hopefully make a profit and then buy a smaller tank... either way I can live with it... *Those 5-gallon containers seem to weigh a lot more than they did 20-30 years ago... lol

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*Anything beats the 5 gallon can gig.